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our government tells us that they want us there. they don't. there is so much more involved that i know, it is not even -- i don't even want to get into it now with you, but it will all come out soon enough. but the end of the day, my justice is to another parent wouldn't feel the heartache that i feel. i'm done inside. they tore my whole heart out. i have a hard time going to bed. i think about him every day, every minute, his brothers kill me when i look at them because they're hurt, his mom is hurt so bad. but they didn't just take my son. they destroyed my family. and i don't want other families to feel the pain i'm feeling. i don't want to see another family out there see their son being brought back on a plane and being rolled off a plane in a box with an american flag around it. but you know what, it was our government that dropped the ball and they won't admit it. this boy should have been protected inside a military base. we're training people and my son said, dad, we're training people that are going to turn the weapons on us and kill
our government tells us that they want us there. they don't. there is so much more involved that i know, it is not even -- i don't even want to get into it now with you, but it will all come out soon enough. but the end of the day, my justice is to another parent wouldn't feel the heartache that i feel. i'm done inside. they tore my whole heart out. i have a hard time going to bed. i think about him every day, every minute, his brothers kill me when i look at them because they're hurt, his mom...
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so hundreds of government programs will be cut dramatically. and it's massive, massive tax increases. the average family maybe making $50,000 a year, your taxes would go up $3,500. that would hurt. that would mean millions of jobs lost and probably a recession. >> $3,500 you don't invest in the stock market. >> this is why it's incredibly critical to the economy overall. congress holds the key. almost everyone thinks they're going to fix it in time. it will be an 11th hour fix and no one knows how they will fix it. that's what keeps the uncertainty going. >> with 30 seconds left, john boehner, speaker of the house, made some poignant comments with regard to who should be making an effort. >> he said he doesn't think a lame duck congress should be doing it. they shouldn't be doing big bills like this. the others say the only way you can get it done is if you don't have the risk -- >> of being fired. christine romans, thank you. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introduci
so hundreds of government programs will be cut dramatically. and it's massive, massive tax increases. the average family maybe making $50,000 a year, your taxes would go up $3,500. that would hurt. that would mean millions of jobs lost and probably a recession. >> $3,500 you don't invest in the stock market. >> this is why it's incredibly critical to the economy overall. congress holds the key. almost everyone thinks they're going to fix it in time. it will be an 11th hour fix and...
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government ministers, foreign dignitaries, and even the syrian president. for five years, omar claims he worked in the presidential palace, his main job was propaganda. >> translator: i was a member of the press office in the presidential palace. we met and manufactured news and see how we could distribute and publish these lies. we invented stories that would help justify the crimes committed by the syrian regime. >> reporter: omar says he was a member of a 15-person team working under long time government spokeswoman bethaynia shaban. omar's job was to trash the defectors' reputations. >> translato we contacted regime loyalists from lebanon and syria to aper as guests. to say the defectors were bad and corrupt. >> reporter: now omar is one of those defectors and he's offering details and impossible for cnn to independently verify about how the syrian president has coped with the uprising. how did bashar al assad's behavior change over the last year and a half? >> translator: he seemed worried all day long. we rarely saw him smiling. he paced up and down t
government ministers, foreign dignitaries, and even the syrian president. for five years, omar claims he worked in the presidential palace, his main job was propaganda. >> translator: i was a member of the press office in the presidential palace. we met and manufactured news and see how we could distribute and publish these lies. we invented stories that would help justify the crimes committed by the syrian regime. >> reporter: omar says he was a member of a 15-person team working...
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the mexican government has a cooperation agreement with the united states government. there is also, of course, that big overarching issue of whether all of this is connected to fast and furious. we don't know the answer to whether it is. in the case of brian terry, two firearms were located at the scene. and traced back to operation fast and furious. in this case, authorities say no firearms were found at the scene. however, that ivie case is attracting attention on the hill. republican senator charles grassley, the point man in the senate on operation fast and furious, put out a letter stating the obvious saying, there is no way to know at this point how the agent was killed, but because of operation fast and furious, we're going to wonder for years if the guns used in the killing along the border were part of an ill advised gun walking strategy. >> joe johns reporting live for us this morning. >>> stars of the hit '80s movie "the princess bride" are planning a reunion for the 25th anniversary. awesome. showbiz headlines next. ♪ ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps
the mexican government has a cooperation agreement with the united states government. there is also, of course, that big overarching issue of whether all of this is connected to fast and furious. we don't know the answer to whether it is. in the case of brian terry, two firearms were located at the scene. and traced back to operation fast and furious. in this case, authorities say no firearms were found at the scene. however, that ivie case is attracting attention on the hill. republican...
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live pictures right now of the house oversight and government reform committee rsh right now democratic representative elijah cummings talking right now. always searching for answer on what the u.s. knew leading up to and following the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, which led to the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador there. let's listen in to representative cummings. >> are just as concerned as members on the other side of the aisle. we each represent about 700,000 each people too. >> what do we do today? what do we do today? my goal is to try in some way to put this toxic partisanship behind us. and focus on the security of our personnel. every two years we put our hands up as member of this congress and we swear to protect the people of the united states of america. all of us do that. not just republicans. not just democrats. all of us. those people that we promise to protect are not limited to just the folks located within our shores our bountryes of this nation, but those people that go out and put their lives on the line every day for us and -- >> yo
live pictures right now of the house oversight and government reform committee rsh right now democratic representative elijah cummings talking right now. always searching for answer on what the u.s. knew leading up to and following the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, which led to the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador there. let's listen in to representative cummings. >> are just as concerned as members on the other side of the aisle. we each represent about...
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government jobs, three months in a row now. we've been seeing government layoffs for many, many, many months in a row. government jobs, transportation warehousing and we've been seeing -- everything else is pretty much flat in terms of job categories. the headline, carol, 7.8% is the unemployment rate. one more jobs report until the election. >> okay. so the political implications of this already coming in. in fact, we just got an e-mail from conservatives. this is what they're saying, christine. conservatives are challenging the legitimacy of the labor department number. can someone explain how the jobs added up right where economists were projecting and yet the rate fell to below 8%? also jack welch, the former ge guy. >> yep. >> he's tweeting this morning and saying, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate, so change numbers. i mean -- so is it possible the labor department is lying or has changed these numbers in some way? >> look, these numbers are often revised. usually when you have a
government jobs, three months in a row now. we've been seeing government layoffs for many, many, many months in a row. government jobs, transportation warehousing and we've been seeing -- everything else is pretty much flat in terms of job categories. the headline, carol, 7.8% is the unemployment rate. one more jobs report until the election. >> okay. so the political implications of this already coming in. in fact, we just got an e-mail from conservatives. this is what they're saying,...
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losses for the government. wells fargo denying the allegations. >>> the first commercial cargo mission to the international space station is now a success. space x's dragon capsule docked with the orbiting laboratory just a few hours ago. the capsule is delivering food and supplies to the astronauts on board. in about 2 1/2 weeks, it will be sent back to earth with scientific experiments and failed equipment. >>> all right. now to the politics of twitter. what happens when a prominent black actress says she is supporting mitt romney instead of barack obama? well, stacy dash found out after posting a tweet that set off an internet firestorm. a.j. hammer joins me now. he is following that story. as far as the controversial tweets go, this one was pretty tame, but listen. she's also, a.j., i don't know if you've heard about this, she's identifying herself as mexican-american and not african-american. have you heard that? >> i had not heard that, but you would think, you know, just the tweet that she sent out is pr
losses for the government. wells fargo denying the allegations. >>> the first commercial cargo mission to the international space station is now a success. space x's dragon capsule docked with the orbiting laboratory just a few hours ago. the capsule is delivering food and supplies to the astronauts on board. in about 2 1/2 weeks, it will be sent back to earth with scientific experiments and failed equipment. >>> all right. now to the politics of twitter. what happens when a...
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not on government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them, and also get the oil from offer shore and alaska and i'll bring that pipeline in from cana canada, and, by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy-independent, so we can create those jobs. finally, with regards to that tax cut, look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i want to underline that. no tax cut that adds to the deaf deficit, but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans, and to do that that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. >> mr. president? >> l
not on government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them, and also get the oil from offer shore and alaska and i'll bring that pipeline in from cana canada, and, by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy-independent, so we can create those...
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that's the news from the government federal -- from the federal government, rather, which announced today that social security recipients will likely get less than a 2% bump to account for cost of living increases. that's less than half the increase in benefits they received this year. >>> hi there. here on the help desk we're helping you pay off your student loans and with me this hour are liz miller and greg mcbride. greg, here is a question for you. >> what's the fastest way to pay off my student loans? >> first of all, should she be in such a hurry to pay off her loans? >> look at the private student loans first and focus on getting those paid down. not only do they tend to have higher and variable interest rates, but lack the flexibility of things like forbearance that lets you suspend payments if you have a period of financial difficulty, federal student loans have that provision in there. rank your debts from higher interest rate to the lowest, focus on the highest rate obligation. when you get that paid off, focus on the next highest and so on down the line. >> any additional advi
that's the news from the government federal -- from the federal government, rather, which announced today that social security recipients will likely get less than a 2% bump to account for cost of living increases. that's less than half the increase in benefits they received this year. >>> hi there. here on the help desk we're helping you pay off your student loans and with me this hour are liz miller and greg mcbride. greg, here is a question for you. >> what's the fastest way...
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, the state governmentç, the local government, theç tribes. you also have to work with the nonprofits, red cross, salvation army, many more. you have to bring in the faith- based community. it is huge what they are able to doç on a daily basis with a sml emergency. it may be in somebody's home unfortunately caught on fire. it is a disaster to them. ççwho is thereç during the dr for that family? it is the city. it is the red cross. the salvation army, the local church, synagogue,ç mosqueç, whatever. the faith based community is there to help the mountçç -- o help them out. when things are little bigger, who else is there? neighbors helping neighbors. ças it gets a little bigger, or even if it is a small house fire, in the neighborhoods of this city and neighborhoods across the country, if something çhappens, there is usually a local business that knows the family and been dealing with for a while and says that will help them out in some way or another. i remember last year i was traveling in the floods of north dakota. there
, the state governmentç, the local government, theç tribes. you also have to work with the nonprofits, red cross, salvation army, many more. you have to bring in the faith- based community. it is huge what they are able to doç on a daily basis with a sml emergency. it may be in somebody's home unfortunately caught on fire. it is a disaster to them. ççwho is thereç during the dr for that family? it is the city. it is the red cross. the salvation army, the local church, synagogue,ç...
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we're both incredibly pro government and incredibly critical of government. i don't see any contradiction in that. we need to embrace those contradictions. we need to say yes. we need government that works, and our government isn't working as well as it should right now. but if you can hold those two seemingly contradictory things together, then yeah, you do feel kind of patriotic. >> the impact is greater engagement. people have a sense that this is somebody else's problem. but it's our problem. we need to work on these solutions together, and it's not something that we can just hand off to government. >> if you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate. there is so much that citizens can do to communicate to their elected officials and to the bureaucrats that they interact with. you know what, we want you to try stuff. and it's really remarkable if you think about it in that context that how much we don't like a g
we're both incredibly pro government and incredibly critical of government. i don't see any contradiction in that. we need to embrace those contradictions. we need to say yes. we need government that works, and our government isn't working as well as it should right now. but if you can hold those two seemingly contradictory things together, then yeah, you do feel kind of patriotic. >> the impact is greater engagement. people have a sense that this is somebody else's problem. but it's our...
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i know another company was taken over by the chavez government. and the reality is that nobody really knows what is going to happen. so that's something that can be expected in the next six years. >> here is why we care and why we're talking about it. gas, oil, right? let me look down. they're the fourth largest exporter of oil to the united states. one of the top oil producing countries in the world but more than 35% of the population lives below the poverty line. as paula mentioned, economists are worried they could go off the cliff here. she mentioned default in a couple of months. listen to what some economists are saying. >> they have already reached point where the current situation can't continue, a continuation of the current policy framework could culminate in a crisis effectively. >> right now, at least, we need the oil when you hear the precarious situation that is their economy, should we be worried? >> i find the situation very ironic. we, the united states, get about 8% to 9% of the oil from venezuela, a socialist country. venezuela,
i know another company was taken over by the chavez government. and the reality is that nobody really knows what is going to happen. so that's something that can be expected in the next six years. >> here is why we care and why we're talking about it. gas, oil, right? let me look down. they're the fourth largest exporter of oil to the united states. one of the top oil producing countries in the world but more than 35% of the population lives below the poverty line. as paula mentioned,...
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sense of entitlement that because they work for the police department or because they work for the government or for a city agency in new york, that they can do whatever they want. >> according to jimmy, many officers tasked with enforcing traffic and parking laws are also breaking them. >> the same people who write these tickets have these placards that they put in the windshield of their cars that identify them as traffic cops, as police officers, as court officers. then they use these parking placards illegally. >> april 2009. jimmy justice is on patrol in brooklyn, new york. >> i notice a vehicle with a police department placard in it parked at a fire hydrant, and that raised my suspicions. >> jimmy breaks out his camera and starts recording. >> so i waited a couple of moments, and then i see an off-duty police officer with his wife and kid holding shopping bags coming out of a store and getting into their car. they had gone shopping, personal shopping, while he was parked at a fire hydrant, endangering the community. what if a fire would have broken out? >> after loading his young son in
sense of entitlement that because they work for the police department or because they work for the government or for a city agency in new york, that they can do whatever they want. >> according to jimmy, many officers tasked with enforcing traffic and parking laws are also breaking them. >> the same people who write these tickets have these placards that they put in the windshield of their cars that identify them as traffic cops, as police officers, as court officers. then they use...
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we received more monies from the state government. last year our labor unions decided to contribute a quarter of a billion dollars to help balance last year's and this year's budget. those are things we do not have the ability to avail ourselves of us we balance the upcoming budget in a few months. we are faced with far fewer options. i think we are going to have to continue to look at very deep and difficult cuts. our priorities have to be insuring and protecting the most basic city services and helping to ensure that we have services to the most vulnerable during this great recession. >> what about the city's housing needs? what should the board due to address those needs? >> we are a city that is seventh by 7 miles. we have incredible density. we're the densest neighborhoods on the west coast. everyone wants to live here. that drives up housing prices dramatically. the housing costs are driving out working folks, families, the middle class. we need to continue to reinvest, to build, to develop, and maintain a troop stock of afforda
we received more monies from the state government. last year our labor unions decided to contribute a quarter of a billion dollars to help balance last year's and this year's budget. those are things we do not have the ability to avail ourselves of us we balance the upcoming budget in a few months. we are faced with far fewer options. i think we are going to have to continue to look at very deep and difficult cuts. our priorities have to be insuring and protecting the most basic city services...
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so that is government money and we looking at it. and i'm glad that they agree that, for us to do this, that they agree to do it and not try to fight it. i won't say some of the things i know, but i know one thing, we need to shine a light on what's going on over there, and i appreciate the supervisors that brought this up. it's a good thing. any time you open up the light, it's like sunshine coming up in the morning. wakes us up. i appreciate it and hope you will go along with even them not going against it. thank you. >> next speaker. >> thank you. you start off with the civil grand jury and end here too. it was a year ago in which the civil grand jury asked to you think about putting the ethics commission on television, and i think that has been a great success. i think probably your ratings are the highest you have ever had for sf gov tv. i encourage you to open us this agency including the sunshine task force. >> thank you. any additional public comment? public comment is closed. >> can we move this forward without objection? >>
so that is government money and we looking at it. and i'm glad that they agree that, for us to do this, that they agree to do it and not try to fight it. i won't say some of the things i know, but i know one thing, we need to shine a light on what's going on over there, and i appreciate the supervisors that brought this up. it's a good thing. any time you open up the light, it's like sunshine coming up in the morning. wakes us up. i appreciate it and hope you will go along with even them not...
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today's economic crisis notes good else he first could you explain to me in layman's terms what the government is doing to mend the economy and why you think it's not working well i don't think they're doing very much to mend the economy i think that their policies of made things worse. the sad fact is that the british economy has been shrinking slowly almost for a year now rather like a very slowly leaking balloon and the government of been trying in one or two small ways to give it a bit of a stimulus but i think they're quite new initiatives and it's too early to say how much effect they'll have but in general i don't think they will have very much effect and so i don't think at the moment they're doing anything very much to help because there's an awful lot of talk about prioritizing the economy and it's the main thing that we have to work on but then on the same time you say that not very much is being done at all one thing is that they're blaming everyone but themselves first of all it was it was the euro crisis then it was the high high commodity rise in commodity prices and so they cla
today's economic crisis notes good else he first could you explain to me in layman's terms what the government is doing to mend the economy and why you think it's not working well i don't think they're doing very much to mend the economy i think that their policies of made things worse. the sad fact is that the british economy has been shrinking slowly almost for a year now rather like a very slowly leaking balloon and the government of been trying in one or two small ways to give it a bit of a...
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it's spent on propping up other governments. here we are funding funding fune insurgents in syria, and a quart of the insurgents are supposed to be al qaeda? didn't we do this in afghanistan? didn't we really ultimately bank role osama bin laden? we haven't learned anything. what we aught -- ought to have learned is military interventions make enemies to the united states of people that are affected by these. these drone strikes? yeah, we hit the target but we wipe out another quarter block. we kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians living in these countries that were ostensibly we're there to help? we're just continuing to make more and more enemies. it's no surprise that the unrest in the middle east is occurring right now. i would get out of our embassies in the middle east. why are we giving targets to demonstrators that are just looking for targets in the middle east? that is not showing weakness. it's showing we've got some common sense. where is the common sense? >> host: next call from lawrence, new york. eric is o
it's spent on propping up other governments. here we are funding funding fune insurgents in syria, and a quart of the insurgents are supposed to be al qaeda? didn't we do this in afghanistan? didn't we really ultimately bank role osama bin laden? we haven't learned anything. what we aught -- ought to have learned is military interventions make enemies to the united states of people that are affected by these. these drone strikes? yeah, we hit the target but we wipe out another quarter block. we...
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cold start putting up with the government. go right on down running as we're about to leave the runway target u.s. navy f. eighteen super hornet. let's see now what the. there's you know we haven't seen or heard one all day i'm just going to build where and smoke us to purchase in search of safer territory. as randy finds something he's anxious to show us. the british anti tank. this is just one section this seems like five sections each searching has two of these things right here in it cool boom boom boom. that's right there that's all i got no whoever conduct this it's just going to get still gotta live on a little highly explosion some track off a tank it's like i live for one of the good balances and i'm also still kobolds oh my god. look at. the old i mean it's i don't touch that it's randy wants nothing to do with live explosives yet we can't help but think that other scrappers would. mean he. got a couple it's about us and them find. me a lot of. you know that's what causes the earthquakes. and. the bomb went off and t
cold start putting up with the government. go right on down running as we're about to leave the runway target u.s. navy f. eighteen super hornet. let's see now what the. there's you know we haven't seen or heard one all day i'm just going to build where and smoke us to purchase in search of safer territory. as randy finds something he's anxious to show us. the british anti tank. this is just one section this seems like five sections each searching has two of these things right here in it cool...
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narrator: because original infrastructure investments were frequently subsidized by the federal government, water pricing was often calculated without accounting for the initial cost to build the systems. we made major investments in assets in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. and for the first 40 years of that pipe, there really may not have been many maintenance requirements. we're past that period now. narrator: water pricing based only on day-to-day operation, and not on planning for maintenance and eventual upgrades has resulted in a considerable repair and replacement backlog. allbee: on a national scale, if you looked at what we're spending now, and you looked at the additional investment requirements over the next 20 years, there's a $540 billion difference. man: so one of the greatest challenges is to reflect true value pricing. so that the citizens and businesses that rely on water and wastewater infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. narrator: cities and municipalities across the united states are now facing this funding gap, between projected revenue and projected expenses,
narrator: because original infrastructure investments were frequently subsidized by the federal government, water pricing was often calculated without accounting for the initial cost to build the systems. we made major investments in assets in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. and for the first 40 years of that pipe, there really may not have been many maintenance requirements. we're past that period now. narrator: water pricing based only on day-to-day operation, and not on planning for maintenance...
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we have a lot of government training programs. that is all fine and well, except there are 47 of them, and they report to eight different agencies. the overhead costs of all this burden and bureaucracy is killing. i want to take the money the federal government is spending on training, send it back to virginia, its fair share, and let virginia do what is right for the people of virginia. let me mention as my number four, to get this economy going and create more good jobs, let me mention something about the deficit. this idea of every year america spending and the federal government $1 trillion more than we take in is bad for our economy cannot also bad for the next generation. i think it is immoral to spend more than we take in. i will cut federal spending, cap federal spending, and i will get on track to a balanced budget. people ask me how i will do that, and i will cut out programs we do not absolutely have to have. number two, i will make sure some programs but go back to the state where they can be run more efficiently. we w
we have a lot of government training programs. that is all fine and well, except there are 47 of them, and they report to eight different agencies. the overhead costs of all this burden and bureaucracy is killing. i want to take the money the federal government is spending on training, send it back to virginia, its fair share, and let virginia do what is right for the people of virginia. let me mention as my number four, to get this economy going and create more good jobs, let me mention...
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it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney has to do more of that. has he been specific with his plan? he laid five out in the debate, which is more than the president did. that's why independents thought mitt romney did very, very well. >> let me ask you about one of the issues where they differ, medicare. that is a big deal in florida romney says he supports vouchers for medicare, a plan that is not very popular. how does play in florida with all those seniors? >> right now in florida, you've got about 12 million registered voters. 36% who are republicans, you have 40% who are democrats. and then the 24% or the remainder is going to be the most important percentage in america and i think it's 24% who are not registered republican or democrat. these are going to be the most important voters in the united states. but, let's look at medicare. you have mitt romney who says, i want to give you vouchers, which i personally don't agree
it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney has to do more of that. has he been specific with his plan? he laid five out in the debate, which is more than the president did. that's why independents thought mitt romney did very, very well. >> let me ask you about one of the issues where they differ, medicare. that is a big deal in...
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that governance less effective and what do you think of the majority government something many other countries rely on that a. partnership government has exhausted both its capacity and agenda it was necessary previous stages but not any longer right now everyone even the people of iraq feel that the regime of national partnership keeps our hands tied hinders our development stands in the way of the breakthrough what iraq could make in the development of infrastructure. services sector and economic recovery we hear more and more voices now in our society and in parliament are calling for a shift to majority government to make parliament united sort of can pass decisions and laws they would help to rule because right now the government that's paralyzed it can't do anything partnership originally built to pursue a major breakthrough has night degraded to a partnership the generates obstacles because of that we need a majority government and i am working hard to make it a reality both iraqi government and its citizens still suffer from regular terrorist attacks who's behind the violence
that governance less effective and what do you think of the majority government something many other countries rely on that a. partnership government has exhausted both its capacity and agenda it was necessary previous stages but not any longer right now everyone even the people of iraq feel that the regime of national partnership keeps our hands tied hinders our development stands in the way of the breakthrough what iraq could make in the development of infrastructure. services sector and...
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building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase, there will be bumps in the road. the arc of any evolution is that it evolves over time. diplomacy could be a problem when it is so needed. >> there is a strategy, turning the opposition that overthrew gadhafi into a functioning government and help that government blow a popular support--grow a popular support. that will take time. there is a strategy, but where romney gets it wrong is that that strategy will depend most significantly on what happens inside these countries. it's not about imposing a solution from the outside. >> eliot: i think for purposes of his campaign he wants to overstate and estim
building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase,...
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already logical issues at stake in these various contemporary conflicts you know what various western governments and the elite eight western public opinion sees b. the state is no western liberal democracy and the values that i wrote represents various terrorists and fundamentalists oppose cons are seen as being a friend to his values and an effort to assist them sober up because he's a striker know whether or not you know the fret is as great as it's made up that's another question and how you combat that for it that's another i think. you know significant ideological issues at stake in today's conflicts maybe not cause fundamental and not such a grand scale as the ones you mentioned in relation to the second or two up in the i think that you know ideas and values are very central to. these ongoing conflicts because that's not the only for your state is also the state state interests and first narrow political interests. at work here which you know are going complicates the whole situation we're talking about ideologies and at the end of the day if you look at why merica wages all those wars or
already logical issues at stake in these various contemporary conflicts you know what various western governments and the elite eight western public opinion sees b. the state is no western liberal democracy and the values that i wrote represents various terrorists and fundamentalists oppose cons are seen as being a friend to his values and an effort to assist them sober up because he's a striker know whether or not you know the fret is as great as it's made up that's another question and how...
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at that time and vietnam was divided into north and south the us supported the government of south vietnam and military intervention intensified after nine hundred sixty five. but the us made strong resistance from guerrilla forces who used dense jungle as their base of operations. defoliant spraying was begun in an effort to deny cover to the guerrillas by eliminating the jungle falling which. as the war escalated the spraying of deval eons increased dramatically and much of the land in south vietnam was contaminated and left barren. the defoliant known as agent orange was made from the same chemical substances as herbicides used in the us but it was twenty five times more potent. agent orange also contained dioxin the most toxic chemical ever produced. dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the affects. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land. has yet to recover. my c
at that time and vietnam was divided into north and south the us supported the government of south vietnam and military intervention intensified after nine hundred sixty five. but the us made strong resistance from guerrilla forces who used dense jungle as their base of operations. defoliant spraying was begun in an effort to deny cover to the guerrillas by eliminating the jungle falling which. as the war escalated the spraying of deval eons increased dramatically and much of the land in south...
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on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial incentives but that only happens when they are convinced that the current system in afghanistan is sustainable and the world community that is committed to i think you didn't you didn't hear what you just gave an argument to withdraw even earlier didn't you. no i did it i said that the world community should remain committed to afghanistan and that with convinced portions of the taliban that they will not win militarily and then when they come to the table i think that their president obama is. setting timelines really and their cat their military and political mission in afghanistan because that gave
on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial...
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the government has not. they have increased expenses. >> i think you have to look at the spending side of the ledger. the president said in the debate we need to look and medicaid because it is the biggest driver debt right now. so there has to be a focus. entitlements will have to have a serious look. reform is going to be necessary in order to change the way we are spending money. if we want to continue to ensure that those will need to benefit the benefit in the future. but everything can be examined. every business in this country, every single day examines what they are spending money on antheil, making sure manufacturing processes are lean, making sure there's no waste. government can do the same. states do that all the time. john engler is a great example as a former governor. i worked for a former governor. states often times, lead the way on fiscal responsibility. >> the role of government is one of the big issues in the campaign. whether you believe government is an enabling or a hindrance. it seem
the government has not. they have increased expenses. >> i think you have to look at the spending side of the ledger. the president said in the debate we need to look and medicaid because it is the biggest driver debt right now. so there has to be a focus. entitlements will have to have a serious look. reform is going to be necessary in order to change the way we are spending money. if we want to continue to ensure that those will need to benefit the benefit in the future. but everything...
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over on i'm abby martin and this is breaking the fat today i want to talk to you about a new stupid government law that said long new jersey that requires pet owners to buckle their animals in the seatbelt while driving do you think government overreach if this ridiculous piece of legislation would become a law you know it stand to gain the most the dog the seat belt industry that too sometimes your dog really is your best friend but not when you're driving around a man you tell him to stay but all he wants to do is play introducing the click instead of the ultimate solution to keeping your dog in to see some you can be safe and secure in your dog seat belt really the only thing worse than this is when parents put their children on the leash and the third thing is just another example of the nanny government overstepping their bounds so first dogs what's next buckling down every loose object in our cars i mean don't get me wrong it's important to be a safe driver but this is not about you being a safe driver this is about you getting your highbrows dog to calm down try taking them for a walk o
over on i'm abby martin and this is breaking the fat today i want to talk to you about a new stupid government law that said long new jersey that requires pet owners to buckle their animals in the seatbelt while driving do you think government overreach if this ridiculous piece of legislation would become a law you know it stand to gain the most the dog the seat belt industry that too sometimes your dog really is your best friend but not when you're driving around a man you tell him to stay but...
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worse government afghanistan as hand in one hundred years the taliban were a great reforming improvement to move but we've done this in the past and we are going to do it again there is no way that a taliban army or police are going to risk their lives kill their brother afghans in the service of a foreign country when we've gone or in the service of a corrupt president they going back to their tribal loyalties the backs. and the passions will be divided as they always have been divided and the likelihood is that they will be disorder when really we went through a civil war was going on the country was bitterly divided when we after we leave after we've left a few years the situation will be very similar they'll bill be more civil war and it the likely future rulers will be the taliban what lessons then should have been learnt from both britain's own colonial past and the soviet union experience in afghanistan in two thousand and one in strasberg a very a bally and member of the duma tapped me on the back and said you british i'm going into afghanistan and you captured it in a few days a
worse government afghanistan as hand in one hundred years the taliban were a great reforming improvement to move but we've done this in the past and we are going to do it again there is no way that a taliban army or police are going to risk their lives kill their brother afghans in the service of a foreign country when we've gone or in the service of a corrupt president they going back to their tribal loyalties the backs. and the passions will be divided as they always have been divided and the...
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government controls due to their potential of use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those who would say that they say for schenkel was same day ever. it is produced that domestically and now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce this story is breaking right now this big russian you know alleged russian spy network being stung by the f.b.i. it's breaking on the same day that the first u.s. presidential debates take place our viewers may remember that mitt romney the republican candidate has referred to russia as america's number one enemy and also according to published reports the houston f.b.i. agent in charge of this alleged sting referred to russia as a hostile country that is seeking to prove improve its defense capabilities and to modernize their weapon system at the expense of u.s. taxpayers so clearly there's a lot of allegations flying here harsh rhetoric
government controls due to their potential of use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those who would say that they say for schenkel was same day ever. it is produced that domestically and now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce this story is breaking right now this big russian you...
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or he's home by christmas and the government got their head in the sand and they're ignoring it if been a long standing critic of the war in afghanistan so what brought on this specific out there asked this one it was about the the futility of the of the deaths in the last few days and the utter imbecile lying ministers who come before us and made it excuses for continuing the war there's only one reason why the war is to win and that is to protect the reputations of politicians our soldiers of the as human shields for ministers reputations what they're trying to do is to keep a war going on to the best moment that will reflect on the reputation of politicians so we do the same position the end of us will war when it was said that this war is being prolonged by those that have the power to end the canada that brought their troops home two years ago so the netherlands fringe new zealanders are coming out early absolutely no reason why you shouldn't bring our troops home now the only reasons that we tied in with the politics of the united states we don't independent state we have to remin
or he's home by christmas and the government got their head in the sand and they're ignoring it if been a long standing critic of the war in afghanistan so what brought on this specific out there asked this one it was about the the futility of the of the deaths in the last few days and the utter imbecile lying ministers who come before us and made it excuses for continuing the war there's only one reason why the war is to win and that is to protect the reputations of politicians our soldiers of...